An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FEVERISH
feverish, hectic
(adjective) marked by intense agitation or emotion; “worked at a feverish pace”
feverish, feverous
(adjective) having or affected by a fever
febrile, feverish
(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by fever; “a febrile reaction caused by an allergen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)
Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
Filled with excess energy.
Morbidly eager.
Source: Wiktionary
Fe"ver*ish, a.
1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." Dryden.
4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. Milton.
– Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv.
– Fe"ver*ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
8 January 2025
SYCAMORE
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
Coffee Trivia
